Duster attachment for brooms



D. R. KELLY.

DUSTER ATTACHMENT FOR BROOMS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. I4, 1919.

Patentd May 11,1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT onniron.

DANIEL R. KELLY, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, LASSIGNOR TO JAM-ES PETERMURRAY, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

DUSTER ATTACHMENT FOR BROOMS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1920.

Application filed August 14, 1919. Serial No. 317,439.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL R. KELLY, of thecity of Toronto, in the county of York, Province of Ontario, Canada,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Duster Attachmentsfor Brooms, of which the following is a specification.

The ordinary corn broom is not well adapted for such purposes assweeping hard wood floors or dusting walls, and my object is to devisean attachment to the broom which will perfectly adapt it for thesweeping and dusting of hard smooth surfaces.

I attain my object by means of the constructions hereinafter describedand illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a planview of one form of the attachment laid out;

Fig. 2 a perspective view showing the attachment applied to a broom; and

Fig. 3 a plan view of a modification of the clamping means.

Fig. 4: is a vertical section of the broom provided with the deviceconstructed according to Fig. 3.

In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding partsin the different figures.

1 is a flat piece of textile fabric of suffi cient length to be foldedaround the bottom of a broom and the ends brought up around the sides toa position toward the top of the broom. This piece of fabric ispreferably slightly tapered each way from the middle. At the middle oneor more heavy transverse fringes of threads 2 are attached to thefabric. In the preferred arrangement the center portion of the fabric isreinforced by securing one or more reinforcing strips 3 of textilefabric thereto. This not only gives increased durability to the article,but also gives a certain amount of stiffness to the center part, whichmaintains it evtend ed toward the sides of the broom and pre vents itwrinkling up, and fringes 2 in this case are secured to the fabric ateach edge of the reinforcement.

The ends of the strip of fabric are provided with means for clamping theends against the sides of the broom. In the simplest construction a wire4 is secured in a casing at each end, the ends of the wire projectingbeyond the lateral edges thereof. At each end an open link 5 is engagedwith an eye formed on the end of one wire and is adapted to engage over'a knob 6 formed by bending up the end of the opposite wire. By means ofthese links and wires the attachment is readily connected with ordisconnected from the broom as desired.

In the modified construction the wire engaging each end of the fabric isdoubled, the parts being indicated by the numbers 7 and 8 in Fig. 3. Theparts 8 are integrally connected as shown and serve to embrace thebroom. The ends of the fabric may be caught between the parts 7 and 8 ateach side respectively or the parts 7 may be passed through the casingsof the fabric ends. The ends of the parts 7 at one side are connected bymeans of an open link 9 engaging an eye formed on one of the parts 7 andengaging over a knob formed by bending the end of the other'part 7. Atthe other side an open link 11 is engaged between the parts 7 and 8 atone side and is adapted to engage over a hook 12 formed by bending theopposite parts 7 and 8 where they are folded back the one on the other.It is preferable when the form used in Fig. 3 is used to provide athickening at each end of the fabric to prevent it being pulled throughbetween the parts 7 and 8 when the attachment is clamped on the broom.

The attachment constructed substantially as described will be found tosatisfactorily attain the object of my invention as set out in thepreamble of this specification.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A cluster attachment for corn broomsand the like comprising a flat piece of textile fabric adapted to befolded around the bottom of a broom, provided at each end with a casingand at the middle with a heavy transverse fringe of threads; a springwire in each casing having projecting ends; and means whereby the endsof the wires may be releasably connected to clamp the ends of the fabricagainst the sides of the broom.

2. A duster attachment for corn brooms and the like as set forth inclaim 1 in which either side embracing the fabric at that side and theinner parts of the Wire clasping the broom between them. 10 Signed atToronto this 1st day of August,

DANIEL R. KELLY.

